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词汇 ad-lib
释义 ad lib
adverb
uk /ˌæd ˈlɪb/ us /ˌæd ˈlɪb/
said without any preparation or practice: 即兴地;即席地;当场地
I'd forgotten the notes for my speech so I had to do it ad lib.我演讲时忘了带稿,只好即兴发挥。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Not expected or planned
abrupt end
abrupt halt
abruptly
abruptness
ad hoc
inadvertence
inadvertency
inadvertent
inadvertently
inconceivable
sharpness
sine die
spirit
spontaneity
spontaneous
unstarry
unsuspected
untimely
untoward
unwilled

ad-lib


adjective[ before noun ]ukus
ad-lib comments
ad-lib
verb[ I or T ]
uk /ˌædˈlɪb/ us /ˌædˈlɪb/-bb-
to speak in public without having planned what to say: 即兴演讲,即席讲话
She ad-libbed her way through the entire speech.她整场演讲都是即兴作出的。
Synonyms
extemporizeformal
improvise
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Lecturing & addressing
call for papers
CFP
co-present
deliver a speech
eunoia
floor
jawbone
maiden speech
monologue
onto
oratory
presentation
public speaking
sermon
sermonize
speak
speaking
speech
speechify
talk at someone

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Not expected or planned

ad-lib | American Dictionary


ad-lib
verb[ I/T ]
us/ˈædˈlɪb/-bb-
to do something without preparation or planning:
[ I ]She had lost her notes, so she ad-libbed for ten minutes.

ad-lib


adjective, adverbus/ˈædˈlɪb/
I did not want to give an ad-lib speech.

Examples of ad lib


ad lib
Likewise, tacit differences between adlib and scripted speech also makes comparison less meaningful.
They were allowed food and water adlib following their morning training session each day.
You have even more ways to set horizontal formats, so your defaults can run in the background while you adlib special layouts from the keyboard.
The next type of speaker, who comes after the pure adlib speaker, is the library speaker.
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Will there be investigations into the way in which hospitals are run, or are five stars just awarded adlib?
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I do not know whether to call that arbitrary or adlib.
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In other words, they can buy adlib and, if they wish, can then get a grant.
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I do not think it can be done by adlib public expenditure.
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They are giving money adlib from the taxpayers to the agricultural and farming communities.
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I could enlarge upon it adlib and he will understand the difficulty.
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I could have quoted to him adlib a whole range of firms in a similar position.
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Until now, they have been applicable for three months and have been renewable almost adlib.
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You might as well know how adlib speeches are made.
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Should they be raised adlib or what?
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It is not as though the services of the forensic science laboratories are now available adlib.
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